Envelope



C. J. BRANSTEAD ENVELOPE.

APP LICATI 0N FILED JULYI3, 1920.

1,412,335. v Patented Apr. 11, 1922 IV/f/YESSES C/MFLESJB/iA/VSIEAQINVENTOR.

7MAMM I A TTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J'. BRANSTEAD, OLE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

ENVELOPE Application filed July 13,

-. This invention relates toenvelopes adapted to be used for jobpurposes and embodying means enabling a special record to be kept of thejob to be done or completed.

A further object is to provide a device of .this character wherein therecord card is adapted to be removably associated with an envelope so asto be removed or replaceable thereon at the will of the recorder,whereby the record of each envelope may bevaried in accordance with anychangesor alterations subsequently to be made in connection with the jobto be performed.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention may be saidgenerally to reside in the details of construction, combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully pointed out,reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 isaplan view of an envelope constructed in accordance'with this invention.1

Figure 2 is a plan view of the record card, and

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section taken on a horizontal plane throughthe center of Figure 1.

The envelopes to which. this invention is particularly applicable aresuch as are ordinarily employed in business or trade offices for thepurpose offcontaining therein papers, documents or specimens of any sortupon which work of some character has been performed or is t beperformed. However, it is evident that the scope of the inventionenables it to be adapted to other uses, also, as for instance with filesor "envelopes containing matter to he filed away for future reference.For the purpose of herein setting forth clearly the nature and objectsof the invention, it may be assumed that the envelope is adapted tocontain articles of jewelry such as rings, jeweled pins, etc., left inthe possession of a jeweler for the purpose of repairs or alterations.In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the front; 2 the back and 3 theflap of the envelope, which may be formed of heavy paper, leather, orother material suitable to withstand wear and tear Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented API. 11, 1922.

1920. Serial No. 395,867,

for a considerable period. It is preferably made oblong in shape and anyfastening means 4: suitable for the purpose in view may be employed forenabling the flap to be fastened to the envelope when folded. An extrapiece 5 may be glued or otherwise fastened to the back 2 as areinforcement for the envelope and is provided with an end flap 6, onthe side opposite to the envelope flap 3. If desired, the reinforcingstrip 5 may be omitted altogether from the construction of the,envelope, in which event the flap 6 would be attached directly to theback of the envelope. The flap 6 is provided with a socket 7 which fitsover the knob end of stud 8 in a manner usual to stud and socketfasteners. The stud is carried by the back wall 2 of the envelope towhich it is fastened and projects rearwardly through the reinforcement,as shown. Extending transversely across the envelope adjacent to andparallel with the bottom edge is a strip 9, fastened to the front of theenvelope as at '10, but loose across the back and opening from its inneredge 11. This strip, thus attached, provides a pocket 12 adjacent thebottom edge of the envelope on its rear face into which is adapted to beinserted the lower part 13 of a record card 14, illustrated to advantagein Fig. 2.

The record card is designed to rest up against the reinforced back ofthe envelope and is of a width not greater than the width of theenvelope; while in length it is sufiicient to extend from within thepocket at the endof the envelope up to and beyond the locking stud 8; anopening 15 being provided in the card for the passage of the studtherethrough to permit the card to rest snugly against the face of theenvelope. The card is adapted to bear indicia relevant to the matterenclosed within the envelope and would, of course,be appropriatelylined, as at 16, for the proper marking of the necessary informationupon the card; which information constitutes the record of theparticular job. The pocket strip 9, it is to be noted, is likewiseappropriately lined in correspondence with the lines of the record cardand provides a sort of index or head for the record card when the latteris inserted in the pocket. The margin 13, left blank in the drawing, mayeither be left as shown or lined and indexed, like the strip 9 thisbeing entirely within the discretion of the user and not hearingdirectly upon the merits of the invent-ion since the margin 13. would,in any case, be concealed within the pocket when the record card is inplace and its function carried out by the indexed outer face of thepocket.

In explaining the use of the invention it may be'assumed that an articleof jewelry, such for instance as a diamond ring, has been submitted tothe jeweler for certain repairs. This ring'would be placed in anenvelope 1 and a card 14 filled out; the name, address and character ofthe article, being properly recorded upon the card, together with amemorandum of any instructions to be observed, with respect to thecharacter of the repairs to be made; the time when promised and thecharges, being included in the record as indicated in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. This card, it is evident, thus constitutes a complete recordof the job and is associated with the envelope by inserting the margin14 of the card within the pocket 12 and the perforated end over the stud8, subsequent to which the card-holding flap 6 may be snapped shut,absolutely holding the card in place and safe from displacement so thatthere will be no possibility of its becoming lost or torn from frequenthandling of the envelope or otherwise. The envelope may then be filedaway among others, according to the job number given upon the upperright hand corner or in alphabetical order,

according to the name of the card, whichever system of filing is beingfollowed.

Among many of the obvious advantages of this invention may be'mentionedthe fact that the envelope may be readily opened or closed withoutinterfering with or being in terfered by the record card which as hasalready been pointed out, rests snugly against the rear face of theenvelope and is prevented from falling away from the envelope under allconditions, by reason of the stud 8 and the pocket 12 which tend to holdit in association with the envelope. When the flap is unbutton'ed thecard can be instantly'removed and a new one substituted wheneverrequired, while it is manifest that I of each, particular job maybe keptand changed or altered with the utmost simplicity and convenience toaccord with the cus tomers last received instructions, so that when thejob is taken up for attention, all the necessary and essentialinformation is at "hand and available to the workman, to whom the job isassigned.

It is possible that various changes in the shape, size and form of theenvelope may be resorted to, in the practical application of theinvention, and it is therefore to be understood that all such changesand modifications are permissible as properly come within the scope ofthe invention defined in the subjoined claim.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is An envelope of the character described,including a front, back and a sealingfiap located at one end of saidenvelope the opposite end and sides being closed, an extra piecefastened to the back of said envelope having an end flap located on theside opposite said envelope flap, a socket formed in said end flap, astrip fastened to the front of said envelope adjacent and parallel tothe bottom to provide a pocket, and a stud fixed to the back of saidenvelope and extending through said extra piece whereby a record cardhaving an opening near its upper end to receive said stud may be heldwithin said pocket and on saidstud, all as and in the manner shown.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. BRANSTEAD.

